Cuff-holder.



No. 742,421. PATENTED 001". 27, 1903.

. M. L. HAWKS.

CUFF HOLDER.

APPLIGATION FILED JULY 28, 1902.

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UNITED STATES Fatented October 27, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

CUFF-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 742,4;2Ldated October-'27, 1903.

Application filed m a, 1902.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MosEs L. HAWKS, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Oufi-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to cud-holders; and

its primary object is to provide a device of the character named of simple and inexpensive construction adapted to be readily attached to the lining of a coat-sleeve or to the shirt-sleeve of the wearer in position to secure a cuff at different adjustments.

A further object of the invention is to provide a cuff-holder comprising a stationary member and a movable clamping member, the latter being capable of both a sliding and a lateral swinging movement on the stationary member to effect the adjustment of the clamping member.

The invention relates to a cuff-holder comprising a stationary plate or member and an adjustable clamping member and means carried by the stationary member for securing it to the sleeve of the wearer. 1

The construction of the improvement will be fully described hereinafter in connection with the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, and its novel and characteristic features will be defined in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a cuff-holder embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a similar View showing the clamping member of the device turned laterally. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4: is a view in perspective showing the inner side of the-holder. Fig. 5 is a plan view of a blank from which the stationary member of the holder is formed, and Fig. 6 is a similar View of the blank from which the clamp member is formed.

Corresponding parts of all the figures are denoted by the same reference characters.

The improvement comprises a base-plate A, constituting the stationary member of the holder, a movable clamping member B, and a securing device 0. The plate A consists of a sigle blank of thin sheet metal of the form shown in Fig. 5, formed at its lower end Serial No. 117,9. l0. (No model.)

with two oppositely projecting ears 0. 01., adapted to be bent toward each other to form keepers for the free ends of the securing-pins, and at its upper end with a lug (1, adapted to be bent upon itself to provide a sleevebearing for the attaching device.

I preferably employ the attaching device shown in-the drawings, comprising a resilient wire bent to bail form and extending through the bearing a and having its ends sharpened to provide the pins 0. Adjacent to its lower end the plate A is formed on opposite sides with stop-lugs 0. to limit the downward movement of the clamping member, and the side edges of the plate A are outwardly and upwardly inclined at the points a and then continued upward, so that the upper portion of the plate is wider than the lower portion thereof. A plurality of openings are formed centrally of the width of the plate by striking up a series of tongues a from the metal, as shown, for the purpose hereinafter described.

The clamping memberB of the device is formed from the blank shown in Fig. 6, having oppositely-projecting armsb, adapted to be bent upon themselves to form slides which overlap the edges of the plate A and serve as guides to movably connect the clamping member to the plate A. The body portion of the member B is bent, as best shown in Fig. 3, and as said member is made of resilient sheet metal it serves as a spring-clip to clamp the cod upon the plate A.

The utility and operation of the device constructed as above described will be readily understood. The holder is attached either to sleeve, and the inner edge of the cuff is passed between the plate A and the clip B and is thus firmly held. The clip member may be adjusted longitudinally upon the plate A, and by turning the clip laterally, as shown in Fig. 2, it may be freely movedupward over the edges a When the point bis guided into the uppermost opening (1, which limits the upward motion of the clamping member B, the downward movement of the clip'is unobstructed owing to the inclination of the tongue 0?.

I would have it understood that the inventhe lining of the coat-sleeve or to the shirttion is not restricted to all of the details shown and described, but includes such variations and modifications as may be included within the terms and scope of the following claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A cuff-holder comprising a base-plate, means for connecting the same to the sleeve of a garment, and a clamping member loosely connected to the base-plate and having both a longitudinal and a lateral swinging movement thereon, substantially as shown and for the purpose specified.

2. A cud-holder comprising a base-plate having a longitudinal series of struck up openings andoppositely-inclined edges,means secured to said plate for attaching it to the sleeve of a garment, and a clamping-clip provided with arms bent to engage the sides of the plate and a tongue adapted to enter the openings in said base-plate and having both a longitudinal and a lateral swinging movement thereon, substantially as shown and for the purpose specified.

3. A cuif-holder comprising a plate of sheet metal having a longitudinal series of openings and oppositely-inclined edges and bent to form a sleeve-bearing at one end and 0ppositely-inolined keepers at its opposite end, an attaching-pin bent for engagement within said bearing and adapted to have its ends engage said keepers, in combination with a movable clamping member comprising a spring-clip with a tongue adapted to enter the openings in said plate and having both a longitudinal and a lateral swinging movement thereon, substantially as shown and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MOSES L. HAWKS. Witnesses:

HERMAN FOX, NINA J. HAWKS. 

